*Includes gifted items for review I’ve had a post in my head for a while about how we ‘do’ geography based work. I’ve put off writing it because it isn’t as straight forward as some of the other things that we do. Things like Maths and English and the such as relatively straight forward, and…
Doing Geography in Home Education
Taking Holidays from Home Education
One of the things that I get asked about, and one of the few things that I sometimes falter on when I answer, is do we take ‘holidays’ from home education, in the same way, that schools take holidays. I think the thing with home educating is that you can sometimes feel like you need…
A World Inside a Book – Z-Arts
Today the children and I headed into the city (well, just outside) to Z-Arts to visit the ‘A World Inside a Book’ exhibition. We had hoped to join some home ed friends at a home ed group booking a few weeks back, but the date and time didn’t work for us, so I made a…
A Walk Through Nature
#Ad-gifted Harry is really getting into books and starting to show a preference for the types of stories he enjoys. It’s lovely to see him mirror his older siblings’ excitement when a book parcel arrives. A short while ago we got a lovely bundle of books from Little Tiger and I think H has claimed…
Hosting an Owl Themed Day
Last week we had some friends round to learn all about owls. The idea came to me when we saw a friends project that included dissecting owl pellets. It seemed like the perfect activity to do as a group so I invited some friends along. I’m going to share here how I set the afternoon…
The Things You Miss out on as a Home Ed Mum
When you home educate there are plenty of things that you gain, but there’s also a couple of things you miss out on too! Home Education is all-encompassing and it’s not something you can do half-heartedly. Here I am going to take a (light-hearted!) look at the things you miss out on as a home…
